Monthly Archives: January 2015

Data Lakes

Posted on January 11, 2015 by way0utwest

I heard a new phrase this week: the data lake. It comes from a Radar Podcast episode where Edd Dumbill talks about data as an asset that should be exposed everywhere in an organization. There’s a blog post on the subject as well. The … Continue reading →

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Hardware Upgrades 2015

Posted on January 9, 2015 by way0utwest

I wrote awhile back that I ordered a new laptop, and I’m excited to have that coming. However, I had a few more upgrades to add to the machine, and I decided not use to use Toshiba to add them. … Continue reading →

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Multiple Backup Files

Posted on January 9, 2015 by way0utwest

I’ve been writing a little PowerShell lately that will back up databases, move files, and restore them. I’m often testing things, and having scripts to quickly and easily move files is very handy. After one of my posts recently, a … Continue reading →

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Building Connection Strings

Posted on January 8, 2015 by way0utwest

I ran across a great article on Connection Strings from my good friend, Allen White (b, t, c), recently. Quite a few of the items he mentioned in there, I knew, but it was a good review to stop and … Continue reading →

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